According to Mediaite, which first reported the news, the show would air Fridays at 10 p.m.

Baldwin finished his seven-season run as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock earlier this year, and is nominated for the role again at next month's Emmy Awards. He inked a two-year deal with NBC on the eve of the show's finale, per The Hollywood Reporter, and was reportedly considered as a possible addition to the network's late-night lineup when Jimmy Fallon was named the new host of The Tonight Show.

The 55-year-old is no stranger to live TV -- he's hosted Saturday Night Live a record 16 times -- or to conducting interviews, which he does on his weekly podcast, Here's the Thing.